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Clean Energy Industries opportunities

Critical Minerals Programme: Critical Minerals Accelerator

Opens: 05/08/2026

Closes: 30/09/2026

Funding to support UK-based projects that strengthen critical mineral supply chains and develop innovative capabilities across the critical minerals sector.

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Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9

Opens: 14/08/2026

Closes: 23/09/2026

Farming, growing or forestry businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new…

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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 – 2027 Round 3

Opens: 13/08/2026

Closes: 14/10/2026

UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults, working with businesses, can apply for a share of up to £12.5m to fund innovation projects.

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Connected Places Catapult: Diesel-Free Sites Adoption Programme

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 07/09/2026

Connected Places Catapult seeks SMEs who have proven diesel-free infrastructure solutions and are looking for opportunities for wider industry adoption through live demonstration and industry engagement.…

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Connected Places Catapult: Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme

Opens: 17/08/2026

Closes: 14/09/2026

Connected Places Catapult is seeking applications from high potential businesses with proven solutions that can address one of the infrastructure sector’s most pressing productivity challenges.

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UK-Singapore CR&D 2026

Opens: 24/08/2026

Closes: 16/12/2026

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with…

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2026 WAVEMAKER Water Innovation Award

Opens: 01/08/2026

Closes: 24/08/2026

Start-ups, spin-outs, and SMEs developing innovative solutions for the water, marine, and water system sectors are invited to apply to receive training, resources, and a grand…

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DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 04/11/2026

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.

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Critical Materials Supply Chain Innovation Network
Critical Materials Supply Chain Innovation Network

Connect with partners and access funding, collaboration and commercial opportunities that strengthen the UK’s critical materials supply chains.

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Sustainable Environments
Sustainable Environments

The Sustainable Environments Programme brings together cross-sector expertise and strategic intelligence to build long-term national climate resilience across urban and natural environments.

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Emergent Sustainable Built Environment Materials Innovation Network
Emergent Sustainable Built Environment Materials Innovation Network

Driving rapid adoption of UK sustainable construction materials to reduce environmental impact.

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Engineering Biology Innovation Network
Engineering Biology Innovation Network

Driving the development of a joined-up UK innovation ecosystem to ensure synthetic biology tools, technologies and processes can be more easily developed and adopted by a…

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Zero emission heavy goods vehicles and infrastructure
Zero emission heavy goods vehicles and infrastructure

Supporting the development, uptake and demonstration of commercially available zero emission HGVs, and providing the crucial infrastructure to help the haulage sector decarbonise and transition to…

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UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions
UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions

Harnessing the UK’s research and innovation excellence to support and reduce the UK maritime industry’s carbon emissions, through a system-wide approach to develop and implement clean…

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ICURe
ICURe

The Innovate UK ICURe Programme gives researchers the chance to turn ground-breaking research into investment-ready spin-out companies and license agreements. We provide funding and personalised support…

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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund

Decarbonising Great Britain’s energy networks is a huge undertaking, and it is urgent. Innovation is critical to reaching this goal. The Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund brings…

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership
Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership

Innovate UK Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa brings together innovative people and organisations to promote climate-smart agriculture in Africa.

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Next-generation low-carbon concrete Advance Market Commitment
Next-generation low-carbon concrete Advance Market Commitment

Harnessing the power of collective demand to accelerate concrete decarbonisation.

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Semiconductors
Semiconductors

Ensuring that the UK has a secure and relevant position and capability within the global semiconductor landscape.

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Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network
Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network

The Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network, funded by Innovate UK, is a cross-sectoral and collaborative community of technology developers and end-users.

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Robotics Proving Ground
Robotics Proving Ground

Pioneering robotics evolution through powering a network of hubs to fast-track robotics from concept to market.

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Women in Innovation
Women in Innovation

Enabling brilliant women across the UK to fully achieve their vision for their businesses and change the world, while championing and celebrating gender diversity throughout UK…

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Innovation Programme
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Innovation Programme

Accelerating the development of UK’s SAF industry and enabling UK Government to achieve 10% SAF in the UK jet fuel mix by 2030. By fostering innovation…

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Clean Energy Industries events

Series Battery Innovation Programme (BIP) CR&D Round 3 competition briefing Briefing 16 Sep, 10am-noon. Surgery 29 Sep, 10-11am.
Online
Battery Innovation Programme (BIP) CR&D Round 3 competition briefing
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Series Sustainable Chemicals insights and learning series Webinar series from September 2026 to March 2027
Online
Sustainable Chemicals insights and learning series
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Series Smart cities, resilient places: Innovations for climate and energy resilience Webinars on 30 Sep, 21 Oct and 25 Nov
Online
Smart cities, resilient places: Innovations for climate and energy resilience
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Driving innovation through engineering biology: networking and collaboration event 09/09/2026
London 09.30 - 16.00
Driving innovation through engineering biology: networking and collaboration event
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Series Adoption and diffusion workshop: Energy management technologies for the food and drink sector 9th & 16th Sep 2026
London
Adoption and diffusion workshop: Energy management technologies for the food and drink sector
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UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2026 06/11/2026
London 09.00 - 16.00
UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2026
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Global Incubator Programme: USA (New York) Clean Energy Industries - briefing 12/08/2026
Online 16.00 - 17.00
Global Incubator Programme: USA (New York) Clean Energy Industries - briefing
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Series Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage (uLDES) Competition Briefing Surgery 27 Aug, 1.30pm-3pm
Online
Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage (uLDES) Competition Briefing
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Energy Efficient Computing - from innovation to impact Perspective
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Exploring future opportunities for robotics and automation in UK agriculture
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How place-based citizen engagement can shape a positive, decarbonised future for the UK
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Help shape the future of innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis
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Defence innovation:</br>Turning strategic ambition into economic growth News
Defence innovation:
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Unlocking UK economic growth through AI: A practical guide for employers Perspective
Unlocking UK economic growth through AI: A practical guide for employers
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Future skills for digital ports and remote crane operations Perspective
Future skills for digital ports and remote crane operations
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Smart Data in transport: turning fragmented data into better journeys, services and decisions News
Smart Data in transport: turning fragmented data into better journeys, services and decisions
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